Welcome To The Matrix FFRPG/RPG

This page is mainly dedicated to the people who are interested in the role playing game on Dalnet.irc. Here is where you will find BioSheets and explanations of how to fill out the BioSheets, as well as information on the background storyline, combat system, characters currently being played in the RPG and those that are still available, as well as miscellaneous links and information that you may find interesting.

If you are not yet a member and wish to become one, look over the information posted here and come chat with Oracle_of_Zion<Agent_Jones> or Agent`Smith in #The_Matrix_RPG channel on Dalnet.irc. If you are unfamiliar with Internet Relay Chat, then click here a link to the mIRC webpage. You can also go here to check out the Dalnet.irc website for information on how you can connect with us.

For those of you who just wandered in here looking for information on the movie, we hope you find some interesting tidbits as you pass through, especially as time goes by and the webpage is continuously updated.

~~The rules for entrance in The~~ Matr~~ix FFRPG will be~~ poste~~d here.~~

1. Check out Who's Who here or on the message board and view the character list. If you wish to play a character that is a part of the movie series you need to see this list so that you know who is available and who is not. Take this time as well to familiarize yourself with the rules of the RPG and to understand the world in which the characters live. Also, check out the message board under Submitting A Character for a BioSheet to copy and paste to a text file. TEXT files are all that will be accept is so DO NOT add it to word or change the form of the character sheet. Files with *.doc or *.rtf extensions will not be accepted.

7. If you wish to run more than one character, at this time it is limited to two or three characters. If there are any questions about the act of submitting a character, you may voice them here by e-mailing me or in the "Questions?" or "Suggestion Box" forums on our Message Board.

The Matrix RPG Bio Sheet

Instructions: Fill out this sheet the best you can and turn it in to Oracle_of_Zion.

1. Player's Name or Nick online : <your nickname on mIRC>

2. Player's Email address : <email addy we can send messages to you and put you on

                             the mailing list>

3. Character Name : <the character you are playing in the rpg.>

4. Character height/weight/age/eyes/hair/skin/blood-type/race:

	<self explanatory. put in your character's features>

5. Character Description: /me <this is used to post in the chan so it makes it easier

for you to just have the description of your char instead of having to type it out

each time.>

6. Character's favored weapon (s):<your dominantly used weapon, the one you have been

trained to use. whether or not you actually possess this weapon depends on the area

you are in and will have to be decided by the gm who approves your character.>

7. Character equipment and property in Reality:< land, vehicles, computer equipment,

attire, first aid items you carry around, cell phones, etc. Make sure it's listed

here in the copy of your sheet that the gm has at the time of RP. >.

8. Character equipment and property in The Matrix:<if your character has not been

"liberated" to Reality, then this is where everything you own would be. If they have

been, this property can change often depending on how you and your operators equip

yourself. Again, make sure to keep track of EVERYTHING.>

9. Character Level : <level from 1-7, level 1 being highest and reserved for NPC

villains or good guys beyond capabilities of others. Right now, new characters

entering are all Level 7. Characters from the movies will be given a level or they

can look and see if their level is on the webpage.>

10. Character Experience Points: <awarded by the gm to the character to accrue

towards leveling up of character. beginners start out with 0 and it's your

responsibility to update your sheet as you roleplay more, not the gm's.>

11. Hitpoints: <HP> <Hitpoints are the amount of "Life points" a character has.

Level 7 beginning characters have 100 HP. If reduced to 0 then the character

essentially is Knocked Out or KO'ed and must be revived by someone with First Aid or

EMT skills. If their hitpoints go beyond that to a negative number, then it is time

to write up a new bio sheet. At this point, no character, unless agreed to prior to

the rp really essentially dies, unless its a plot line device. Absolutely no-one dies

in a FreeForm session.>

12.  Armament <body armor and protections> <list armor your character is wearing and

the protections if any it possesses to its wearer.>

13. Statistics: <You are going to allocate points to these based on level. Start at

Level 7 and go from there. You can put the points where you wish but keep in mind to

READ the explanations so that you don't over-strengthen a character in one thing and

give them nothing in another valuable statistic. There are 6 base statistics to the

game: Strength, Dexterity, Perception, Willpower, Charisma and Knowledge. You have a

maximum you can place in the statistic individual slot of 100 points. The 100 stands

even if you add items to yourself that would improve and go beyond 100.

Also, you will want to put some of those points in skills, because if your character

attempts something he/she doesn't have points in as a skill, they must use the base

attribute score in order to make the test. Any skill test that falls into this

category automatically receives a -20 deduction from the result of the test. What you

are going to do with these numbers when the gm asks for a skill check is to add them

together. The total of the attribute + skill - 1 = the highest number the character

can roll and still succeed. For example, the gm asks the pc to make a dexterity test

to see if they can climb a slippery cliff face. If they have a base dex of 50 and a

skill in rock climbing under that at a value of 25, then 50 + 25 - 1 = 74. So if they

roll a 75, they fail the test and slip off the rocks.

You can only ever have a maximum in each statistic of 100. For level 1 characters,

this will be discussed separately and there aren't many of them so this should not

concern the majority of people save for game masters that possess Level 1 non-player

characters. Keep in mind that the USE of these statistics is going to be reflective

of whether or not the character is in the Matrix but the statistics themselves will

not change in gameplay. For most beginning characters, they do not know that there

is a Matrix and that their physical bodies are lying with atrophied muscles in an egg

field with pink goo somewhere. Therefore, their Residual Self-Image is whatever they

have been able to make it according to the rules of the Real World, because that is

what the Matrix tries to (and for the most part does) emulate.  "Unfortunately,

no-one can tell you what the Matrix is. You have to experience it for yourself."

For the only exception to this rule, see below where the Manipulate Matrix ability

is discussed.

Level 7: base character. this character has 100 points to separate into each

	attribute and skill how they see fit.

Level 6: this character has a total of 135 points to separate as he/she sees fit.

Level 5: this character has a total of 200 points to separate as they see fit.

Level 4: this character has a total of 300 points to allocate where he/she wishes.

Level 3: this character has a total of 400 points to place where they wish.

Level 2: this character has a total of 500 points to place where they wish.

Level 1: this character may place a total of  700 points to more after discussion

	with Agent_Jones.>

STRENGTH, DEXTERITY, PERCEPTION, WILLPOWER, KNOWLEDGE, CHARISMA

A. STRENGTH-how strong the character is physically. For damaging people.

	Skills and Specializations

		Brawling

		Swimming

		Lifting

B. DEXTERITY-hand/eye co-ordination.

	Skills and Specializations

		Martial Arts

			Shao-lin Kung Fu (Northern or Southern)

			Tae Kwan Do

			Karate

			Judo

			Aikido

			Kickboxing

			Tai Chi

			Other forms of hand to hand combat

		Fencing

		Archery

		Projectile Weapons

			Single Action

				.38 Police Special

			Double Action

				9 mm

			Fully Automatic

				Uzi or sawed off AK-47, anyone?

			Grenade

			Grenade Launcher

		Jumping

		Sneak

		Hide

		Acrobatics

		Figure Skating

		Dancing

			Ballroom

			Hip-Hop

C. PERCEPTION-Powers of observation and problem solving. for determining how in tune

		the character is with their surroundings.

	Skills and Specializations

		Tracking

D. CHARISMA-The indefinable combination of looks and personality that makes people

		attractive to others. For determining the character's effect on

		others in social situations. A really low score like 10 would be like

		Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem and scratching herself. A

		medium score such as 50 would be like Al Gore dancing at a news

		conference. Odd, but not really as disturbing as the former. A really

		high score like 99 might be for someone like Martin Luther King, Jr.

		or Mayor Guiliano the day after 9/11. Remember that a high charisma

		does not necessarily mean physical beauty, although it certainly

		contributes. People have a variety of ways of convincing people to do

		things. Words, actions, appearances, and circumstances all combine to

		make someone charismatic. It's all in how much the character can

		make the target	person(s) relate to them on some level enough to get

		something done.	Bill Clinton is a classic example of this. He has a

		very high charisma, because even though we all know he lied about his

		personal dealings right to our faces on national television, somehow

		he still manages to make people forget that Bill's broken promises

		and remember the Bill that clasped his hands together and said "I

		feel your pain" instead. Is he physically attractive? Ask people

		and you will get varying responses, but I doubt anyone is going to

		tell you he's as hot as say, Tom Cruise or Ewan MacGregor. (Asking

		Monica doesn't count!) The point is that he can adapt himself to

		surroundings and intuitively know what 	to say and how to say it,

		using body language, suggestion, confidence, et cetera. Antonio

		Banderas might make you agree to jumping off a bridge just by smiling

		at you suggestively, but Malcolm X could convince you and twenty of

		your friends to convert to Islam and hold a rally first, then jump

		off as your moral duty to the cause. (Just my weird and slipshod

		metaphor; please don't take it too seriously.) Which one has the

		higher charisma to you?>

	Skills and Specializations

		Acting

		Diplomacy

		Con Artistry

		Bartering

		Debate

		Singing

			Opera

			Sacred (Gospel)(Gregorian Chant)(etc.)

			Secular(Rock) (Folk) (New Age) (etc.)

		Persuasion

		Intimidation

			Interrogation

E. WILLPOWER-perhaps the single most important attribute. it is an expression of how

		well the character has unified body, mind, and soul.

	Skills and Specializations

		Meditation

			Buddhist

			Yoga

		Assertiveness Training

F. KNOWLEDGE-what kinds of things the character has learned through book-study, life

		experience, technical training. Knowing how to do something is a test

		in itself: actually carrying off such things as a successful acting

		performance may require a CHARISMA test.

	Skills and Specializations

		Literature

		Physics

		Auto Mechanics

		Computers

			Operating systems

			Programming and Logic (Various coding languages including the

						ones used by the Matrix)

			Information Systems (Databases)

			Hardware Installation and Maintenance

			Networking

			Robotics

			Bio-Engineering

			Tele-communications

		Biology (Anatomy of various organisms including humans)

		Chemistry

		Demolitions

		History

		Sociology

		Fine/Performing Arts

			Music

			Sculpting

			Acting

			Dance

			Painting

		Botany

		Forestry

		Geology

			Environmental (Global Climate Change)

			Geo-physics (Plate Tectonics)

			Paleontology/Paleobiology (Evolution of mammals, reptiles,

							insects, plants, etc.)

		Archaeology

			Egyptian

			Mayan

			Roman

			Greek

			Various other cultures

		Medicine (First Aid) (All the other various specializations)

		Mathematics (Probability) (Statistics) (Trigonometry) (Algebra)

				(Geometry) (Arithmetic) (Calculus)

		Geography (Topology) (Demographics) (Mapping)

		Business and Marketing (Principles of Accounting)

		Economics

		Political Science (Western Europe) (Asia) (United States)

					(Latin America) (etc)

		Foreign Languages (French) (Spanish) (German) (English) (Japanese)

					(Sign)(etc)

The Skills and Specializations listed here are certainly not all that are available

to your character. Be imaginative and come up with a few of your own if you want, but

remember they have to be approved by Agent_Jones. >

14. Manipulate Matrix Ability: <Yes> <No> <All characters born inside the Matrix

	start off with a No in this category unless otherwise approved by Agent_Jones

	or Agent`Smith. Innate abilities will take off of your HP. This reflects that

	it is an innate ability but at the same time it is a draining one. Each

	innate ability is separate and not to be thought that it works in coalition

	with another to spending points to improve it. If a character with innate

	abilities is approved, they start off at Level 1 for those abilities unless

	otherwise approved by a gm. Take note that the *ability* scale goes the

	opposite way from *character* level. Level 1 is weakest in the ability while

	Level 5 is highest.>.

Level 1 - expends 10 hp per turn

Level 2 - expends 30 hp per turn

Level 3 - expends 90 hp per turn

Level 4 - expends 270 hp per turn

Level 5 - expends 900 hp per turn

The Manipulate Matrix ability is the ability that some people have to manipulate the

matrix when they are inside it to do so-called superhuman feats. If the character has

this skill, then they will be able to boost a statistic of their choice with the

notable exceptions of WILLPOWER and KNOWLEDGE once per round to a pre-determined

level by sacrificing some hitpoints. This sacrifice reflects the fact that, although

people who understand what the matrix is do not necessarily take damage to their

residual self image in the same way that they do their physical bodies, their minds

make it real for the physical body in some way. So someone who has been running at

top speed dodging agents all day in the matrix will eventually become physically

tired in the real world.

How it works:

The character with this ability can choose at the beginning of the round to improve

one of their attributes by expending HP. The attributes you can choose from are:

STRENGTH, DEXTERITY, PERCEPTION, AND CHARISMA. (No, you CANNOT put the bonus into

WIILPOWER itself and keep raising attributes based on that score! There's only *one*

character in the whole game who can do that..) The amount of the bonus that the

person receives is equal to the character's Willpower score divided by *character*

level. So a person who is Level 5, has a Level 1 Manipulate Matrix Ability and a

Willpower of 60 could increase their speed from 50 to 62, because 60/5=12. At the end

of the round, the character would take 10 HP of damage and the bonus DISAPPEARS

unless you are declaring to the gm that you renew the ability at the beginning of

the next round. In that case, you continue to accrue damage, but for every round you

hold it the damage is doubled. So in the case of someone who raised their dexterity

from 50 to 62 the first round, they take 10 HP at the end of the round and the next

round they hold it they take 20. If they continue holding the statistic at that

level, at the end of the third round they take 40 HP, the fourth 80HP, and so forth.

(For a discussion of the combat system itself and what "rounds" exactly mean, see

the rules posted elsewhere on the webpage.)>

15. Occupation : <Your occupation in the Matrix or the Real World (or both!). Maybe

		you are a thief, business owner, Zion freedom fighter, police

		officer, etc. >

16. Character History :< a brief detailed history of your character that is truthful

			so that it can be approved of. don't leave stuff out that is

			supposed to be a mystery! Your gm *has* to know. If someone

			is GMing for you and suddenly it comes up that your character

			meets the long lost father or whatever that you have secretly

			made up and haven't put down here, then it doesn't happen.

			The GM is *not* required to allow it and can make up whatever

			they want in that case, like your father isn't Neo like you

			thought, but Ronald McDonald.>

Special Notes : <anything that doesn't fit anywhere else and can be mentioned for

		special consideration or because it is an added thing to the

		character of importance>

Date of Approval :

by :

Last Update : 07/26/2002 10:34:03

This game will run, no matter where your character comes from,

1 year after the events in THE First MATRIX movie.

Send this Character Sheet to Agent_Jones or Agent_Smith upon completion and please

rename the Character Sheet to your character's name for filing purposes. You can

email to <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>

	This is meant as an aid to doing up the character sheets, and by no means

represents all the skills or abilities possible in the RPG. You can invent some or

refer to the webpage for extra things; just remember that everything is subject to

approval. Depending on where your character is coming from determines that some slots

on the sheet may not be required to fill in. If your character hasn't seen the

MATRIX, for example, you do not fill in "Manipulate Matrix" at the start of this

game. Any further questions just e-mail or ask in channel.

Edited by: Agent_Jones 11:32 PM 6/6/2002

The Matrix RPG Bio Sheet

Instructions: Fill out this sheet the best you can and turn it in to Agent_Jones.

1. Player's Name or Nick online : Agent_Jones

2. Player's Email address : [email protected]

3. Character Name/Nickname(s) : Bai Fu Ling/Fu Ling Bai/"Violet"

4. Character gender/ height/ weight/ age/ eyes/ hair/ skin/ blood type/ ethnicity:

female/ 5'5"/ 115 lbs/ 17/ brown/ violet (light brown) /very pale /A- /American of Chinese descent

5. Character Description: /me is a tall, slender girl dressed in hip-hugger black leather pants and button-down long sleeved silver mesh shirt with black tank top underneath. Her hair is dyed a brilliant violet color and is shoulder length, and her lipstick matches. Her black motorcycle boots with silver buckles have thick soles that give her another inch in height and match her leather jacket. Violet's mom hates her clothes.

6. Character's favored weapon(s): "Are you kidding me? One of my friends got shot right in front of me, I'd never have a weapon!....okay, maybe they didn't but it could have happened. So I carry some pepper spray. And a knife, but that's my brother's. I don't even know how to use it. Seriously."

7. Character equipment and property in Reality: A nice cozy egg with a penthouse view, some tubes and tons of pink glop

8. Character equipment and property in The Matrix: 1 week's worth of clothes, beeper, souped-up laptop with modem/nic in various conditions of repair; an uninsured purplish, rusting pinto nicknamed 'the gremlin' bought solely for its color with $100.00 she saved from baby-sitting, top-of-the-line L.L. Bean backpack containing a 10-piece toolkit, schoolbooks, Purple Passion lipstick, paper, pens and pencils, and a pack of grape bubble gum.

9. Character Level : 7

10. Character Experience Points: 0

11. Hitpoints: 100

12. Armament: none

13. Statistics:

STRENGTH, DEXTERITY, PERCEPTION, WILLPOWER, KNOWLEDGE, CHARISMA

A.STRENGTH-13

Skills and Specializations

Brawling

Swimming

Lifting

B. DEXTERITY- 15

Skills and Specializations

Dancing

(Hip-Hop) 2

Sprinting 5

C.PERCEPTION-20

Skills and Specializations

D.CHARISMA-15

Skills and Specializations

Acting

E. WILLPOWER-20

Skills and Specializations

Meditation

Buddhist

F. KNOWLEDGE-10

Skills and Specializations

Auto Maintenance

Computers

Programming and Logic (Visual Basic)5

Information Systems (Databases)1

Hardware Installation and Maintenance 1

Medicine (First Aid)1

Mathematics (Algebra) (Geometry) (Arithmetic) (Calculus)2

Foreign Languages: Native speaker of Mandarin Chinese and

just as fluent in English

14. Manipulate Matrix Ability: No

15. Occupation : Senior High School Student and Wannabe Script- Kiddie

16. Character History :

Violet's father was a student activist in Beijing at the time of the Tiananmen Square incident. She and her mother escaped to the United States after the massacre: her father remained in prison and died of pneumonia a year after he arranged for friends to smuggle his wife and child out of the country. She and her mother live in upstate New York now, where her mother has re-married a man with a son a year older than Violet. Her mother, now Zhou Wang Lun, works as a lab technician during the day at the same place her step-father works for as an engineer.

Coming into an American grade school was difficult for Bai Fu Ling, especially being the only Asian in her class with rudimentary English skills. No-one could pronounce her Chinese name right, calling her "Bye-bye" or "Fool" or other moronic variations. A girl named Kelly became her best friend when she started calling her "Violet" instead in 7th grade and the name stuck, Kelly taking the name from a particularly vividly-colored dress that Fu Ling was fond of wearing.

Once she actually figured out how to speak the language, however, people found out that the seemingly shy, quiet refugee had plenty to say about everyone and everything. Whether or not it was always the truth is another matter, but it was almost always funny. She made a lot of new friends and lost old ones because of it, and learning to speak English was the biggest turning point for her in her life. That was when she first discovered computers and the Internet. She had found a way to practice talking to other people from all walks of life where they didn't make fun of her accent. If they did she could just ignore them and find someone else to talk to.

Mostly, however, there was one person who helped her the most. That person's online alias was Kang, and it is her secret ambition to meet Kang and find out who they really are. She never told anyone about Kang, not even her best friend Kelly. Violet makes top grades in school and is on the track team, not the fastest but still a solid sprinter. She has been accepted at Cornell University, but although she gets a lot of pressure from her mother and teachers she still hasn't made up her mind whether she really wants to go or not. Other students who don't have the grades she does resent her and competition between those in the advanced classes is vicious. It seems her only true friend is Kelly, a 19 year old vocational school drop-out she met while Kelly was repeating 7th grade.

Special Notes : She is allergic to Tasty Wheat. Okay, she just hates it, but it really really does make her vomit.

Date of Approval :

by :

Last Update : Tuesday, June 11, 2002 13:01:06

*****This game will run, no matter where your character comes from, 1 year after the events in the first MATRIX movie.****

Send this Character Sheet to Agent_Jones or Agent_Smith upon completion and please rename the Character Sheet to your character's name for filing purposes. You can email to <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>

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